Santosh Singh v. Kolkata Municipal Corporation And ORS

Ct. No. 01 WPA(P) 478 of 2023 Santosh Singh Vs.

AN 18.09.2023 Kolkata Municipal Corporation & ors.

Mr. Vimal Kr. Shahi Ms. Amrita Pandey Mr. Ghanshyam Pandey Ms. Gulnaz Qureshi ... for the petitioners Mr. Kishore Datta Mr. Gurudas Mitra ... for the KMC Sk. Md. Galib Ms. Sujata Mukherjee ... for the State

1. By way of this writ petition styled as a Public Interest Litigation the petitioner alleges that he was desirous of booking a flat in the building constructed at 23, Topsia Road, Kolkata-700039, Borough-VII, Ward No. 66 and visited the site in question and made enquiries and learnt that the building has been constructed at the site in question without obtaining any sanctioned plan.

2. In the writ petition, a copy of the legal notice sent to the various authorities has been annexed. Apart from that there is no other document placed by the petitioner to show as to in what manner the alleged construction is illegal and who is putting up the said construction. In any event, from the averments made in paragraph 4 of the writ petition, it is seen that there is a semblance of the private interest of the petitioner involved in the matter and, therefore, we find no grounds to

entertain this writ petition as a Public Interest Litigation.

3. With the above observations, the instant writ petition stands dismissed.

(T. S. Sivagnanam) Chief Justice (Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, J.)